Community is so important. Real community, real people that show up week after week. Real people that hang together, listening and really responding to each others needs. When you say ‘hey, you should check out this book’ – you know they will. When someone says ‘you should read this’, you want to cause you know their hearts. When you say ‘will you pray for me about this’ – you know they will. When you mess up, or say something out of place, you know someone will call you on it, gently without you really knowing you are being called on it. When your kids wander off and get in trouble, someone will step up and guide them back to you. When you need advice they will take the time to dive deep with you there and then. When you cry, they cry too. When you want to laugh and have fun - someone is there. Acceptance, kindness, truth, love, realness, broken people relying on God’s providence and grace.
We have looked for this for years. We have found it in Grace Community Church http://www.gracecommunityinfo.org/. It is so much more than we could have dreamed. We are finally home. I wish this on every person.
